Thank you.
I'm going to drill down a little bit more. I'm not sure if I'll take up the full seven minutes I have. I'm going to direct some of my questions now to Ron Wallace.
I've chosen to direct my questions to you because I note that you graduated from the University of Saskatchewan. Since I am from Saskatchewan, that caught my eye right away. Nonetheless, I appreciated what you shared about your experience.
First of all, I want to note that your various appointments include vice-chairman of the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Management Board, to which you were appointed by the Alberta Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. You are also widely published on a wide range of scientific and national policy issues, and you have prepared presentations for standing committees at the Senate and the House of Commons. I'm wondering if you would like to pull from those things how they qualify you for the position that you are being appointed to.